STAND. COM. REP. NO. 715
Honolulu, Hawaii
S.D. 2
President of the Senate
Twenty-Fourth State Legislature
State of Hawaii
Madam:
Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 907, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AEROSPACE DEVELOPMENT,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to change the name of the Office of Space Industry to the Office of Aerospace Development.
This bill also clarifies the duties of the office and appropriates sums for various activities of the Office of Aerospace Development.
Comments in support of this measure were received from the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, the Chancellor and two members of the faculty and staff of the University of Hawaii at Hilo, Auburn University Space Research Institute, Colorado School of Mines Center for Space Resources, Enterprise Honolulu, Hawaii Island Economic Development Board, JAMSS America, Inc., Japan-United States Science, Technology, and Space Applications Program, NASA Ames Research Center Space Portal for Enterprise and Commerce, SpacePartnerships.com, a former Governor of the State of Hawaii, and one additional individual.
Your Committee finds that the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism maintained an Office of Space Industry from 1988 through 1995. However, for the past twelve years the office has operated in an "ad hoc" manner to identify and promote aerospace related opportunities in Hawaii. The changes proposed in this measure would formalize and strengthen these activities and expand the Office's role in serving as a catalyst in the further development of aerospace opportunities for Hawaii.
It is the intent of your Committee to support the broader concepts of an Office of Aerospace Development and the promise of the Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems in particular. Your Committee believes that one of the most important outcomes of this measure should be enhanced workforce development opportunities and support for Hawaii's emerging industries.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Changing the sums to be appropriated to unspecified amounts to facilitate further discussion; and
(2) Making technical nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 907, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 907, S.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,
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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair |
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